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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Discloses $2 Million as Current Highest Bid for Seat on Space Flight

Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, disclosed $2 million (roughly Rs. 15 crores) as the current highest bid for a seat on its New Shepard spacecraft after the startup closed the first phase of its auction.

The rocket company is targeting July 20 for its first suborbital sightseeing trip on its spacecraft, a landmark moment in a competition to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Will Fly First Crew to Space in July.